Piers Puppy

Chapter 1

It started out as a normal Saturday morning for Chris Redfield. Just him in his apartment, a cup of coffee and his laptop, it was all he needed for a relaxing morning. He was doing some research on the umbrella company responsible for creating bioorganic weapons or otherwise known as BOWs. Even though Chris was not off on some mission fighting Zombies, and monsters, he still made it his duty to not stop searching for way in taking down the Umbrella Company. Its history with Chris had scarred and hurt Chris's past. It had taken down many innocent lives along with many of his friends, things Chris could never live down. He lost most of his men during the most resent outbreak in China along with his best soldier Piers Navans. Piers gave his life so Chris could live another day and continue fighting against Umbrella. After scrolling through some files on his laptop he took a sip of his coffee. It was then that he caught site of the calendar that soon turned his relaxing morning into panic, the calendar was displayed in the kitchen above the Kitchen table, which read April 6th Jill comes over for dinner.

"Oh Shit" Chris said now completely awake. He had totally forgotten that his partner Jill Valentine was coming over tonight for a visit and that he was supposed to plan dinner out. Now in a panic Chris scanned his apartment and noticed how filthy it was. "Crap I can't believe I forgot about this," he moaned now scratching the back of his head. He now had a matter of hours left to figure out dinner and get the house cleaned up. Desperate Chris quickly reached for his phone on the kitchen table. He dialed a familiar number and with a few ringtones the line finally picked up.

"Hello", a familiar woman's voiced answered.

"Hey Claire, it's me Chris lessen I need your help it's kind of important." "Ya, um, sure Chris you know I'm always here for you bro."

Chris smiled at his younger sisters reply, he knew she would do just about anything for him. "Thanks Claire, do you think you can come over and help clean my apartment while I head out grocery shopping"?

"What, you called me at work for that, Chris I thought this was something important"! Claire hissed back.

"It is important Claire, Jill's coming over tonight, and I forgot and now I got to clean and get food. Please Claire you would be doing a huge favor. Besides you owe me for the time you ask me to drop work to help you write a report for Terra Save."

Claire knew her brother had hit the, you owe me button but instead of arguing she simply sighed. "Ok Chris I get off work at 2:00pm, do you think you can hold till then"? Chris looked at the time, which read 7:00am.

"Yeah no problem, thanks sis you're the best"!

"You know it, I'll see ya then big bro talk to you later bye Chris".

"Bye Claire", Chris hung up and took a huge sigh of relief. Ok now what to get at the store, he thought to himself for a bit. Oh I know I'll grill us some steaks tonight that will be great. With this in mind Chris headed for the door only to realize he was in nothing but his boxer shorts. Wow that would have been embarrassing he thought, I should go and get dressed first before heading out. Chris headed to his bedroom and walked over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of blue jeans and a black t-shirt. After dressing himself he sat on his bed and started to tie on his shoes. After tying his first shoe he moved to his second one, but then stopped when he notice something shiny underneath his dresser. Chris may not be the cleanest person on earth but he sure wouldn't leave a breakable object lying around. He got to his knees and pulled out the small object. To his surprise it was a picture frame. Chris turned it over and once his eyes lay upon the image before him he couldn't help but feel his heart swell up. The image in the frame was a picture of himself and his best friend Piers Nivans at a bar smiling with beer bottles in hand. A smile lay on Chris's face as he remembered that night. He and piers had just finished their first mission together and to celebrate they headed out for drinks. It felt good visiting old memories but also sad cause deep down Chris knew he would never see his friend again. Chris let out a sigh, a sigh that was guilt. He knew Piers had been infected with the c virus when he sacrificed himself to save him and wanted to die a hero, but deep down Chris just wished he had convinced him to come back and that some how some way they could find a cure together. Of course though that was wishful thinking, there was no guarantee that Piers would be able to get a cure before it spread and he turned into a monster. Chris didn't know how long he had been staring at the picture in his hand or how long he had been going down memory lane till he heard his ringtone to his phone go off. He picked up the phone and read the screen that said Jill Valentine on it and open the phone to find a text message saying.

Hey Chris, I got news this morning that I will be off work at 5:00 today so how's 6:00 tonight?

Chris had forgotten Jill was working today and then looked at his clock to find that it was already 9:00am. If I'm going to be prepared for the night I better get my butt in gear he thought. Chris placed the picture frame gently on his dresser and sent a reply back to Jill.

Yes, 6:00 should be fine I will see you then.

After Chris pushed send he placed the phone in his left pocket and headed back to the living room. Grabbed his wallet, keys and black leather jacket and headed out the door.

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It had been a few hours since Chris left but not to far away from Chris's apartment is a young dog that is about two months old. The puppy wakes up and looks around. He didn't know who he was or how he got to the location he was at, but one thing was for sure his head hurt like hell.

I got to try and walk, the pup thought. He tried to walk but was overwhelmed by dizziness. He plopped on his butt and looked around his surroundings to get his bearings down so he could plan his next move. He wasn't one hundred percent sure, but it looked like many large buildings surrounded him. He lifted up his nose and smelled it. His stomach let out a loud growl as the scent of food was sent through his nostrils. He knew he had to eat; maybe food will clear my head he thought. It was then he noticed a trashcan not to far away from his location. He lifts his nose in its direction and could smell all kinds of different scents. I'll bet there's food in those buckets he thought. So the young pup trotted over to the trashcan and sure enough there was that friendly scent of food that greeted him. With all his might the puppy kicked down the trashcan and soon enough found all kinds of food to eat, and chow down till his stomach was full. All of a sudden there was a loud sound coming from outside the trashcan. Curious as to what it could be the small pup poked his head out to have a peak. Turns out it was the sound of a motorcycle. The motorcycle ended up driving past not to far from the puppy's position none the less the puppy kept his distance as he watch the strange vehicle drive up to an apartment. A woman was riding it wearing a red vest that said made in heaven on the back. She wore long blue jeans, and had her hair tied up in a ponytail. The pup watched as the woman pulled up into a driveway and parked the bike. It was Chris's little sister, Claire Redfield who got off the bike. Of course the puppy didn't know who it was but there was something about her that seem familiar but he just couldn't put his paw on it. All of a sudden without warning there was a sudden throbbing pain in his head. The pup winced in pain as the headache only got worse and soon everything around the pup went black.